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My cat lives with two other cats that are older than him and bonded. The other two cats groom each other and sleep together. They both growl at my cat.

My cat now begs to be picked up all the time and meows a lot for my attention. He just looks sad and slinks around the house and sleeps in hidden places rather than in my bed. He is a big sad goober.

What do?
 
Get another cat for him to bond with

Or resign yourself to giving him attention 24/7 cus he isn't gonna change as long as the other two cats bulli him
 
Try some positive reinforcement with the other cats. Don't afraid that yours will feel abandoned, he'll get over it.

Make sure that they associate your cat being there with a pleasant experience. Anytime he is not, or if they are mean to him, it's taken away.

It might be difficult to achieve, but food always goes a long way with animals.
 
oh dear oh Gee. it is a tough situation starting out without knowing the cats i dont know exactly where to tell you to begin except definitely don't begin giving the bullied cat preferential treatment over the other cats and doing things like keeping them apart, spending far more time with just the bullied cat, "protecting it" by sheltering it and punishing other cats for behaving badly toward it, and whatever you do dont start feeding the bullied cat separately from, or with completely different food than, the other two cats (the two cats WILL smell it and Know what you are doing even if the food is inferioir it is "special" to them and all they know is they dont get it) etc. that can make your other cats hate that cat even more! and maybe hate you too..and Bite......

When you feed your cats feedthem together Sit with them and pet all of them same time. that can helps bond a group, even a new cat. even if your cats pretend they could not care less what you think of them, you are the source of their food and they are a live Creature so there is some part of them that reveres you on some level. use the fact that cats are programmed by the creatures that bio-engineered them (Toxoplasm Gondies) to be behaviorally conditioned and reward positive interactions between the three cats equally (you can place them together all three or separate them bullied cat+1 other cat at a time and then reward like that if you can manipulate the Two individually to like the One they can eventually melt into the Three, even if the original Two will always be closer. PLAY WITH THESE CATS TOGETHER, with a string ect. also, please encourage your bullied cat's self esteems by hugging snuggling loving petting and giving kisses on this cat's top of his head.
 
Cats already have low self esteem even when no other cats are involved, you have to give them attention because they don't realize they deserve it

also maybe you can feed the cats treats together and they will start to hate eachother less (but do it in a way where they won't fight)

some people don't provide high up spaces for the cats to go and this is pretty important too because it calms them down
 
Also, make sure you provide an environment that is Peaceful. occasionally show these cats Pleasing Images. do not exprose them to things like excessive television violence, programming which contains subversive values and/or propaganda, inappropriate tablet or iPhone applications, dangerous youtube content (such as any media that exposes the true extraterrestrial origins of cats - this can cause FEC or Feline Existential Crises), or potentially dangerous images of fractals. Lastly, always make sure to continually monitor your cat's online interactions in order to prevent them from becoming radicalized via the internet, or falling victim to grooming by a local hungry Chinaman.
 
Give your cat some bling to make the others jealous
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